Wow. That's Paul Eddington (Yes, Minister; Yes, Prime Minister [some of the best political satire, ever]) on the left, and Ian Richardson (Brazil; House of Cards [also devastating political satire, though much darker], and a ton of stage work) on the right. Nice find.

When people ask me why I stopped watching major league American sports, I will from this time forward answer with your quote above. Perfect encapsulation of the corruption of formerly great games.

Yes. It's even worse than the Jezebel writer suggests. The rodeo announcer was comparing the First Lady of the United States to a naked tribeswoman from Africa, images of which were stock-and-trade for Nat Geo back in the 50s, 60s and 70s. Back in the day, Nat Geo was considered fap material for black-sox-and-sandals…

Kenshi looks amazing.

I think we should do lots of hydrofracking in this area, just to, you know, see what happens.

Wait. So Jim Rome isn't a Jim Rome impersonator?

I happen to know Vin Scully personally, and there was in fact quite a bit of feces scattered around his office earlier this week. Hall was simply making a helpful suggestion.

Was on a mountaintop in Wales back in the late '70s, when a pair of Harriers came tearing through the valley below us. It was weird to be looking down on these aircraft as they sped by at several hundred miles per hour. And, man, was it loud, with the sound of the engines reverberating of the valley walls. Pretty cool.

Bad calls happen, and this one wasn't particularly egregious. It appears the linesman was screened by the Reading defender and couldn't see Torres drift into an offside position.

Indeed.

The side that won gold in London was an under-23 squad. Wednesday's lineup had most of Mexico's "A" team, including Chicharito, Guardado and Moreno (though dos Santos is injured atm). Your "clarification" implying that this is a lesser team than the one is London is incorrect. This is a huge win for the USMNT.

It is 1984 Lada.

The perfect job for a total dick.

"Complain" is the verb form. "Complaint" is the noun form.

I watched it in RT, and it was a straight red if the officials had seen it. Automatic three-game ban. Andrade got off cheaply.

Just because I think something will happen doesn't mean I want it to happen. My point is that the leagues will do this when it becomes lucrative enough for them to do so. The only excuse they will need is, "they paid us $400 million for five years," or some such astronomical number. I hope you're right, but I think…

They've been doing this in association football in Europe and around the world for many years now, and the apocalypse hasn't arrived. I hate the idea, but it's only a matter of time before it happens over here, too.

I've read the same thing, though I believe it applies to commuter trains that run on a regular schedule. Shouldn't be too hard to do the same over here, though we should remember that this is the MTA we're talking about....

Mutant Japanese tomatoes? I wonder what could cause something like that....

Damn you, Al Gore!